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� , <br /> MINUTES OF THE <br /> ORONO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING <br /> Monday,May 18,2015 <br /> 6:30 dclock p.m. <br /> Landgraver pointed out a pool is not a requirement and that they have not demonstrated a practical <br /> difficulty for locating it in the proposed location. <br /> Schoenzeit noted future engineering of the pool will require it to have better or as good of drainage as it <br /> has now. <br /> Schoenzeit moved,Lemke seconded,to recommend approval of Application No. 15-3738,Kuhl <br /> Design Build, 1025 Spring Hill Road, allowing the eastern addition and proposed modifications to <br /> the home on the west,and to deny the setback and hardcover variances to construct the pool in the <br /> proposed location. VOTE: Ayes 5,Nays 0. <br /> 4. #15-3739 BPS PROPERTIES,LLC,300 SIXTH AVENUE NORTH,PRELIMINARY <br /> PLAT,7:08 P.M.—9:12 P.M. <br /> George Stickney, BPS Properties, was present. <br /> Gaffron stated the applicant is proposing subdivision of a portion of this 93-acre parcel in which 11 <br /> single-family residential lots will be created, leaving two large outlots undeveloped. Of the 11 lots, nine <br /> will be served by new private roads with cul-de-sacs extending northerly from Sixth Avenue North. The <br /> remaining two lots will access directly from Hunter Drive. All lots will be served by individual on-site <br /> sewage treatment systems and private wells. <br /> The property contains a large area of established prairie and for many decades has announced to <br /> passersby that this is the boundary to rural Orono. The property extends further north into Medina and <br /> abuts the City of Medina on the north side. The big woods remnant provides a backdrop that is treasured <br /> by some of the area residents in equal measurement to the prairie element, which are two natural elements <br /> that are worthy of discussion tonight. <br /> Gaffron stated the northeast quadrant of the property abuts Mooney Lake and seven of the eleven <br /> proposed lots will be lakeshore lots. Mooney Lake is a recreational development lake classification and <br /> its shores abut property in Medina and Plymouth. <br /> The developer, in creating this plat called Mooney Lake Preserve, has indicated to Staff that the two large <br /> outlots are to remain undeveloped and functionally are not part of the development site. In that respect, it <br /> may be important to establish, for the portion of the properly that is being developed, what elements are <br /> being preserved, how they are being preserved,why they are being preserved, and what the basis is for <br /> these decisions to fully preserve certain elements and not others. <br /> The property is zoned RR-1B,which allows for single-family residential uses with a minimum lot size of <br /> two dry buildable acres. Each proposed lot has two dry buildable and contiguous acres of land. The <br /> average dry buildable is closer to three acres for each of the proposed lots. Roughly over half of the <br /> property is located within the Shoreland Overlay District. The ordinary high water level of Mooney Lake <br /> is 988.0. Based on that contour, all lakeshore lots as proposed meet the minimum 200-foot width <br /> requirement at the shore and at the lake setback line. Each lot appears to have a suitable building site <br /> meeting the minimum lake, front, side, and rear setbacks of the RR-1B District as well as having two <br /> septic sites. <br /> Page 8 of 37 <br />